clearwing?

editfx · Post by **editfx** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:04 pm

hi, i have been trying to identify a caterpillar my son found in Weymouth.
i think its a clearwing moth?

thank you
jason

http://www.splinternet.co.uk/stuff/cat1.jpg
http://www.splinternet.co.uk/stuff/cat2.jpg

geniculata · Post by **geniculata** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:12 pm

hi jason,

it looks like a lime hawk moth caterpiller to me.

gary

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:45 pm

With a blue spike like that, it has to be a Lime Hawkmoth.

Cheers,

- Pete

editfx · Post by **editfx** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:37 pm

thanks guys. good to know. are they quite common?

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:40 pm

They can be, yes, especially in suburbia where roadsides and parks are often full of lime trees!

Cheers,

- Pete